Chapter 430 - 302 Reminiscences_2
"How could both families end up with nothing after all this effort?"
After holding the several taels of silver in his hands, the girl’s father thought that even if he couldn’t marry his daughter off to the old rich man, he could still receive silver for marrying her off elsewhere. In any case, his daughter hadn’t suffered any loss by being married off to a distant rich man.
Mrs. Lai’s relatives had overheard the conversation from around the corner and heard about the several taels of earnest money. How could they allow the money that was within their grasp to just slip away!
Eventually, the two families discussed and agreed that Mrs. Lai’s relatives would take thirty percent, meaning they would receive one hundred taels once the deal was done, and the girl’s family would get seventy taels.
The two families, having conspired successfully, were excited about the significant sum of money soon to be in their hands, not caring about familial affection.
They felt that although Mrs. Lai always brought gifts when she came to visit, she was rather stingy with the money she gave to her parents, which amounted to just several taels of silver over the course of a year.
Sometimes, when the Hongji family also came along for birthdays, they would receive more money. Thoughts of the factory and the three estates, and how many taels of silver that could bring, filled their heads. With their two daughters in that family, they believed they could surely siphon off more money.
Mrs. Lai lay in the ox cart, sighing deeply and continuously patting her chest. She knew they had not yet left the village and that she couldn’t speak loudly at this place.